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Has this man ever asked
you to help out as an usher during
Mass? If so, I hope you answered
“yes”, because Alfonso and his
wife, Judy, are the coordinators of
the Hospitality Ministry of
Greeters and Ushers. Alfonso and
Judy are a key part of keeping our
Masses running smoothly since
early 2009, when they answered
Fr. Illo’s call to take over
leadership of this Ministry.
Alfonso reports that the ushers
and greeters have been working
well together, but he has a
special request: They have
openings for the 9am and Noon
Masses and could use some help.
If these are Masses that you might
attend, call the office so we can let
Alfonso know.
Once a year, in between
managing their work, family and
leadership duties, Alfonso and
Judy also coordinate the Games
and Prizes at the Parish Festival.
They personally select all of the
exciting prizes which can be won
by playing the Festival games.
They love to see the children’s
anticipation when they select
their prizes! Thank you, Alfonso
and Judy, for your gifts of graceful
leadership. Your actions show
how even those with busy
schedules can steward their gifts. |
There is an elephant in
America’s living room. This
elephant is messing all over
the floor, and someone has to
talk about it. The elephant to which I refer is the
so-called “gay lifestyle.” This elephant has also
messed within the Church, and cost her millions
in lawsuits.
For 35 years, “gay rights” organizations have
worked to convince us to accept and to
“celebrate” homosexual behavior. They have done
their work well. The top 30 “gay rights”
organizations employ 1332 full-time staff with an
annual budget of $262 million, all to convince
America that homosexual acts are normal. They
have established homosexual advocacy groups in
over 3000 American high schools and trained over
10,000 students in California alone.
But what exactly is this “gay lifestyle” that we are told to celebrate? It is
two or more  people unnaturally forcing body parts together that were
never made to do it. We do not see this kind of behavior in nature except
as an aberration. It involves direct contact with human feces and leads to
various diseases. It can never engender new life, as is natural with normal
intercourse. Why are we “celebrating” this? Those afflicted with same-sex
attraction need our help, not our enabling. Our epidemic of sexual
aberration is nothing to be celebrated. A young friend of mine was
accosted by some “gay” classmates, who said they were offended by the
Church’s teaching. He looked them straight in the eye and said, “I am
offended.” We should all be offended by the kind of unnatural filth foisted
on us and our families. We must speak the truth about sexuality and the
human person, clearly and charitably. Enabling homosexual behavior
deteriorates the common good, and we all suffer as a result.
We must be clear: a child cannot have “two daddy's.” A daddy is not
merely an adult who happens to live with my father. He is the man, for
better or for worse, who has begotten me. We all long for a real mother
and a real father who give themselves to each other and who bring their
child into that selfless love. Let’s strengthen marriage rather than tear it
down. Let’s build up fatherhood rather than emasculating it. Let’s work
to give our children healthy, wholesome, real marriages. |
